Chat, Listen, Exchange - Webinar on Disability Inclusion in WinS: Policy and Practice

In the lead-up to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the WinS Network, in close collaboration with WaterAid, organized a webinar, which focused on disability inclusion in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) systems in schools: policy and practice.

The session was designed to:

• Highlight the emerging national data and trends on the provision of disability inclusive WASH services in schools as reported in JMPs 2021-2022 thematic deep dive report ‘Providing disability-inclusive WASH services in schools’
• Learn from projects and initiatives in different countries in terms of the challenges identified, actions and approaches taken to improve towards the equitable access to WASH services in schools
• Provide an opportunity to share common or different experiences and draw some ideas to apply in respective contexts.          

You may check the slides used during the webinar below.

For further reading, You may check the list of scientific work below on disability and inclusion;

• Disability and Poverty in Developing Countries: A Multidimensional Study
• The impact of disability on the lives of children; cross-sectional data including 8,900 children with disabilities and 898,834 children without disabilities across 30 countries
• A qualitative cross-sectional study exploring the implementation of disability-inclusive WASH policy commitments in Svay Reing and Kampong Chhnang Provinces, Cambodia
• Are Nepal’s water, sanitation and hygiene and menstrual hygiene policies and supporting documents inclusive of disability? A policy analysis 
• The Inclusion of Rights of People with Disabilities and Women and Girls in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Policy Documents and Programs of Bangladesh and Cambodia: Content Analysis Using EquiFrame